Food and Water Watch

Occupy Your Kitchen!

Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Slow Food, Farming, Farms, Cooking, Agriculture, Food Democracy Now!, Food, Big Ag, Food and Water Watch, Chefs Collaborative, Occupy, Adm, Monsanto, Tyson, Food News
Kurt Michael Friese

What we have is not just a food problem in this country, but a cooking problem. Food marketers have been working for decades to convince people that cooking is a chore.

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Food Fight: Why Congress and Obama's Proposed Budget Cuts Are the Wrong Move for Colorado

Sam Schabacker | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Slow Food, Food, Subsidies, Food Recalls, Food and Water Watch, Budget Cuts, Senator Bennet, Meat Inspectors, Agriculture, Fda, Agriculture-Reform, Agricultural Subsidies, Denver News
Sam Schabacker

These cuts are not solutions to our budget crises, nor will they mend our broken food system. Rather, they are ideological prescriptions that will do nothing but further enrich corporate agribusiness.

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I am not a Guinea Pig -- Say no to Frankenfish

Stephanie Soechtig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salmon, Genetically Engineered, Egg Recall, Fda, Food and Water Watch, Obama, Frankenfish, Recall, Ge Salmon, Aquabounty, Video, Green News
Stephanie Soechtig

When we made our documentary "Tapped" there were countless stories of people blindsided by the arrival of bottled water conglomorates coming into into...

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The Local Food Debate Heats Up

Katherine Gustafson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food Miles, James McWilliams, Stephen Budiasky, Grist, Food and Water Watch, Local Food, Corporate Consolidation, New York Times, Elanor Starmer, Locavore, Food News
Katherine Gustafson

"Eat local" has become such a commonly cited slogan that it's starting to lose its punch. You know an idea is getting shop-worn when major food retail...

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Lawsuits Against MMS Weigh in For the Public Interest

RP Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food-and-Water-Watch, In the Public Interest, Categorical Exclusions, Defenders of Wildlife, Southern-Environmental-Law-Center, Green News
RP Siegel

Two groups filed suit in Alabama yesterday against the MMS, the bureau that is responsible for issuing natural gas, oil and other mineral resource permits, and also for collecting royalty fees.

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Skip Arugula and Eat Well on a Budget

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Center for Science in the Public Interest, Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Sustainable Table, Food and Water Watch, Arugula, Takepart, Sarah Newman, Common Cause, Obama, Yes Pecan, Center for Food Safety, Organic Consumers ASsociation, Food, Style News
Sarah Newman

Studies show that people tend to eat the portion size they're given. So, rather than using a huge plate, opt for a small one. It will force you to eat less and get up more frequently for second helpings.

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14 Steps to Food Safety

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Center for Science in the Public Interest, Consumers Union, Pesticides, Food Policy Institute, Organic Food, Food and Water Watch, Fda, Safety, Food Imports, Food, Environmental Working Group, Center for Food Safety, Green News
Marguerite Manteau-Rao

I was shocked to learn that only 1% of most imported food gets inspected. Unless sticking to natural, non processed, domestic foods, there is no way of knowing for sure what's in our food.

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